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:''This article is about the TV show. For the town in Punjab, India, see Baretta, India. For the firearm manufacturer, see Beretta''.
'''Baretta''' was a detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a recasting and reshaping of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, ''Toma'', starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. When Musante left the series over creative differences after a single season, the concept was retooled as ''Baretta'', with Robert Blake in the title role.
'Detective Tony Baretta' was a bachelor cop who lived in a run-down hotel with his pet cockatoo, Fred. Other characters were Baretta's supervisors Inspector Shiller (Dana Elcar) and Lieutenant Hal Brubaker (Edward Grover); Billy Truman (Tom Ewell), an older and sometimes drunk ex-cop who cheerfully ran the hotel where Tony Barreta resided; and Rooster (Michael D. Roberts), a streetwise pimp and Tony's favorite informant.
Tony Baretta's catchphrases included "You can take dat to the bank" and "That's the name of that tune."
The theme song, ''Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow'', was written by Dave Grusin and M. Ames, and performed by Sammy Davis Jr. Every episode of ''Baretta'' began with the song, which contained the motto, "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."

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On October 29, 2002, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the first season of ''Baretta'' on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. It is unknown if the remaining 3 seasons will be released at some point.

Cover Art	DVD Name	Ep #	Release Date
	Season 1	12	October 29 2002

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